How to Make a Reservation and some of the conditions you booking is subject to:

Phone, fax: Please provide the entire first and last names of travelers as they appear on their passports and include address, phone number, tour name, and departure date. Space will be held until a deposit is received, due within four business days after making your reservation.

Tour & Travel Resources, Inc
847-414-1475
www.smallshipjourneys.com

Payments: All deposits and final payments can be made by check or credit card. Most suppliers accept the following credit cards: Visa, Mastercard, and Discover Card.

Prices Subject to Change: We reserve the right to vary itineraries and prices and substitute facilities, hotels, or events of equal or better quality if necessary.

Health and Walking on Tour: Some sites visited have limited motorcoach access and may involve considerable walking, stairs or inclines. Travelers should be in reasonably good health. Some programs include destinations in higher elevations that may have varying effects on individual travelers. Tour Managers and Coach Drivers cannot lift or assist travelers into transportation vehicles. Tour & Travel Resources Inc (TTR) requires that persons requiring assistance be accompanied by a companion who is capable of and totally responsible for providing the assistance.

Revision Fees: A fee of $50 per person per transaction will be charged for any changes, revisions, or alterations made to your reservation after confirmation.

Luggage Handling: The tour cost includes porterage for one average size suitcase. A charge of $5.00 per hotel will be collected by the Tour Manager for each additional piece of luggage that you bring.

Travel Documents: Your travel documents will be in your possession approximately 14 days prior to departure. Documents include tour itinerary, departure and arrival information and times, hotel and ship information, clothing suggestions, baggage tags, plus any helpful hints.

Smoke-Free Environment: Although smoking on the motorcoach is prohibited, frequent rest/smoking stops are made.

Travelers with Special Needs: You must advise TTR in writing at the time your booking is made of any disability requiring special attention. TTR will make reasonable efforts to accommodate the special needs of our travelers. Be aware that the Americans with Disabilities Act is applicable only within the United States and that accommodations for disabled travelers outside the United States may be more limited. If a traveler requires assistance, we require that he/she be accompanied by a companion who is capable of and totally responsible for assisting. Neither TTR personnel nor its suppliers may lift or physically assist travelers. If a traveler thinks he/she might need assistance during a trip, he/she should call TTR to determine what assistance might reasonably be provided. If special arrangements are provided, which add to the Tour Operator’s cost, the Tour Member will be responsible for paying the additional costs. TTR cannot provide special individual assistance to travelers with special needs for walking, dining, or other routine activities. Travelers requesting a handicapped room cannot be booked with Guaranteed Share accommodations.

Membership: TTR and its suppliers reserve the right to withhold tour membership or to require any traveler to leave a tour at any time when such action is determined by TTR and its suppliers to be in the best interests of the traveler or the tour group. Children must be at least six years of age and accompanied at all times by a guardian.

Tour Price Includes: All motorcoach transportation noted in the tour itinerary, round trip airport transfers on the tour departure and return dates (only) if air is purchased through the division of Scenic & Emerald, services of the Tour Manager and driver, lodging, sightseeing, taxes, admissions, gratuities for bellmen and waiters for included meals. Included meals are clearly noted in the touring description. Air transportation is available upon request at an additional cost for all trips.

What is Not Included on the Tour: The land price of your tour does not include airfare to the tour departure point; any inter/intra-country air; airline luggage charges; items of a personal nature; meals not included on the itinerary; sightseeing attractions listed as ‘DiscoverMORE’ and gratuities to the full-time Tour Manager*, motorcoach driver*, all airport skycaps, van or limo drivers, local guides* or ship crew*. Transfers between the airport and the hotel are not included unless you purchase air from Scenic and travel on tour dates.  Baggage fees assessed by the airlines are not included in the air price if you purchased air from the division of Scenic Cruises. The optional travel protection is available to add to your booking and is not automatically included in your Tour.

Force Majeure: Except where otherwise expressly stated in these terms and conditions, we cannot accept liability or pay any compensation where the performance or prompt performance of our obligations under our contract with you is prevented or affected by, or you otherwise suffer any damage, loss or expense of any nature as a result of Force Majeure. “Force Majeure” means any event that we or the supplier of the services in question could not foresee or avoid, even with all due care. 

Responsibility Tour & Travel Resources Inc (TTR) of Lincolnshire, IL, operates or books with tour operators and other suppliers for these cruise and tour programs and airfare and hotel. In common with other companies, TTR acts only as an agent for suppliers in arranging room accommodations, transportation, sightseeing, admissions, and restaurants. TTR reserves the right in its sole discretion to make changes in the itinerary and is not responsible for expenses, loss of time, money, or other occurrences resulting from a change of tour scheduling made for Tour Members. TTR reserves the right to accept, decline, or retain any person as a tour member and is not responsible for any losses or damages of personal property or for injuries, expenses, or damages incurred by any Tour Member. TTR and it’s suppliers reserve the right to withhold tour membership or to require any traveler to leave a tour at any time when TTR or its suppliers determine such action to be in the best interests of the traveler or the tour group. Generally, children must be at least 10 years of age and accompanied at all times by a guardian. Some suppliers may have different age requirements.

Tour Activity Level: Travelers should be in reasonably good health. Please consult your physician for pre-departure health advice.

1. This program has a leisurely pace and minimal activity, such as climbing stairs, boarding the motorcoach, and walking within the hotels and ships.

2. Average physical activity on this program requires the ability to climb stairs and walk reasonable distances, sometimes over uneven surfaces.

3. A blend of longer and shorter touring days with walking tours. Expect more of the touring to be over uneven surfaces and involve more stairs.

4. Longer touring days with more walking tours mixed with some periods of standing. Expect more touring over uneven surfaces and stairs.

5. A more physical touring experience based on the destination. Involves longer walking tours, on uneven surfaces, may involve inclines, stair climbing, windy or wet conditions at sites and periods of standing. Expect some of the experiences to occur during the evening.